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Gojira

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"Go Spike! and Shell Shock" , posted Thu 23 Oct 16:10

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/455/455998p1.html

It's great to hear that it's doing well. I really liked the first title, and the sequel looks interesting. I just hope it has the same level of story interaction in addition to everything else. Any importers/nihonjin here played it yet?

In other news, TMNT is being panned everywhere I look. IGN gave it 5.3, Gamespot gave it 6.5. "Repetitive" seems to be a common word here. Damn, and I was actually looking forward to that game. :(

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Luisinan

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"Re(1):Go Spike! and Shell Shock" , posted Thu 23 Oct 17:13

quote:
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/455/455998p1.html

It's great to hear that it's doing well. I really liked the first title, and the sequel looks interesting. I just hope it has the same level of story interaction in addition to everything else. Any importers/nihonjin here played it yet?

In other news, TMNT is being panned everywhere I look. IGN gave it 5.3, Gamespot gave it 6.5. "Repetitive" seems to be a common word here. Damn, and I was actually looking forward to that game. :(

I was looking forward to the game too. Damn it. I thought I could trust Konami with the license. Their past games were great and bad. Hrm.

I'll probably pick it up in the bargain bins some 6 months from now.

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Ishmael

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"Samurai Time" , posted Thu 23 Oct 18:29

That's very good news about Way of the Samurai 2. The first game was a lot of fun and from what I've read about the second game it sounds like it's going to be even more enjoyable. I wonder if you'll still be able to hit people over the head with a beckoning cat statue?

Krzyzewski Man
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"Re(2):Go Spike! and Shell Shock" , posted Thu 23 Oct 19:14

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I was looking forward to the game too. Damn it. I thought I could trust Konami with the license. Their past games were great and bad. Hrm.

I'll probably pick it up in the bargain bins some 6 months from now.

I just played the demo in Wal-Mart myself. I think I can see where they're coming from. Plus, the game is based on the new series, which is largely inferior to the comic book or the old cartoon (read: it's a piece of Fox Box crap).

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CrazyMike

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"Re(3):Go Spike! and Shell Shock" , posted Thu 23 Oct 21:03

Well I will probably believe them if they say the game is not good, but you also have to remember the "repetiveness" is akin to the old days of gaming and I am sure those who grew up on the atari and nintendo will enjoy it more than those people who grew up with a Nintendo 64 and a Playstation.

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"Re(3):Go Spike! and Shell Shock" , posted Thu 23 Oct 21:11

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I was looking forward to the game too. Damn it. I thought I could trust Konami with the license. Their past games were great and bad. Hrm.

I'll probably pick it up in the bargain bins some 6 months from now.

I just played the demo in Wal-Mart myself. I think I can see where they're coming from. Plus, the game is based on the new series, which is largely inferior to the comic book or the old cartoon (read: it's a piece of Fox Box crap).

You honestly think the new series is inferior to the old cartoon??? That's shocking, as the new series is a lot truer to the original comics.

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"Re(4):Go Spike! and Shell Shock" , posted Thu 23 Oct 21:27

I haven't seen the new TMNT cartoon yet but I thought the mmcafe ppl were singing its praises?

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Luisinan

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"Re(5):Go Spike! and Shell Shock" , posted Thu 23 Oct 21:36

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I haven't seen the new TMNT cartoon yet but I thought the mmcafe ppl were singing its praises?

I think the series is decent, above average. But I like X-Men Evolution even more. Neither X-Men or TMNT have had an episode that reaches the level of Batman TAS.

And yeah, the new TMNT is kinda following the original TMNT comic book storyline. That surprised me.

I personally don't care much for the old TMNT cartoon. I thought it was a lot of fun when I was a kid but the 'toon doesn't age well. Like most 80s cartoons, we love out of nostalgia, but the quality isn't that great (storywise).

I can't think of any American 'toons that come close to the greatness of Batman TAS. X-Men Evolution is the closest. Some folks here hate that show. It's not perfect. The 1st season was probably the best. Later seasons have had few shining episodes.

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Kaepora
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"Re:Go Spike! and Shell Shock" , posted Thu 23 Oct 21:38

You all have reminded me that I need to locate and purchase a used copy of Turtles in Time on SNES.

TiamatRoar

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"Re(1):Go Spike! and Shell Shock" , posted Thu 23 Oct 21:50:

TMNT got something like a 6.25 in this month's EGM. They liked the game but said it was repetitive.

If it's anything like previous turtles beat-em ups, it would be repetitive, really. I mean, sure, lots of us look back on those games with nostalgia, but they truthfully were the same thing over and over. Whomp on various bad guys again and again until you beat the game. Really not too much variety in the gameplay (although that doesn't stop me from loving it). Of course, the reptitiveness is easily forgotten when you have four players kicking shell, but the new TMNT isn't a four player game (...blech).

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threesixtee

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"Re(2):Go Spike! and Shell Shock" , posted Fri 24 Oct 00:29

of course its repetitive, its a beat-em-up game. the old TMNT games were repetitive, as were old final fight and double dragon games. but you know what? beating stuff up is fun dammit.

... but I haven't played the game, so I can't really defend it. I'm more defending the genre than the game itself.

TiamatRoar

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"Re(3):Go Spike! and Shell Shock" , posted Fri 24 Oct 08:40

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of course its repetitive, its a beat-em-up game. the old TMNT games were repetitive, as were old final fight and double dragon games. but you know what? beating stuff up is fun dammit.

... but I haven't played the game, so I can't really defend it. I'm more defending the genre than the game itself.

Poor beat-em ups. They're lots of fun, but pretty much doomed to repetitiveness, which I guess in this day and age, could turn a lot of people off (wow, people sure are a lot more picky these days. That's not a criticism of society, though, since it's to be expected now that the videogame market has grown so much and there are more games released now and in usually greater degrees of complexity).

I thought the new TMNT had environment interactivity, but the majority of the reviews say it doesn't (I guess then it's only confined to certain boss battles). Too bad. I really enjoyed being able to pick up everything you see and chuck it at everything else in The Simpsons :P

http://db.gamefaqs.com/coinop/arcade/file/street_fighter_plot.txt

Ammadeau

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"Re(4):Go Spike! and Shell Shock" , posted Fri 24 Oct 10:09

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I thought the new TMNT had environment interactivity, but the majority of the reviews say it doesn't (I guess then it's only confined to certain boss battles). Too bad. I really enjoyed being able to pick up everything you see and chuck it at everything else in The Simpsons :P

Play Otogi where you can destroy practically everything in sight. Sure you can't pick them up, but you can knock some demons into them for a pleasant effect.

I'm not one of those 'old school' nostalgia freaks. Final Fight seems quaint to me now and almost unplayable. And a game needs to keep my interest for more than a few hours to earn my money. The demo for the new TMNT didn't keep my interest for even the length of it.

Gojira

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"Re(4):Go Spike! and Shell Shock" , posted Fri 24 Oct 12:01

quote:
of course its repetitive, its a beat-em-up game. the old TMNT games were repetitive, as were old final fight and double dragon games. but you know what? beating stuff up is fun dammit.

... but I haven't played the game, so I can't really defend it. I'm more defending the genre than the game itself.

Poor beat-em ups. They're lots of fun, but pretty much doomed to repetitiveness, which I guess in this day and age, could turn a lot of people off (wow, people sure are a lot more picky these days. That's not a criticism of society, though, since it's to be expected now that the videogame market has grown so much and there are more games released now and in usually greater degrees of complexity).

I thought the new TMNT had environment interactivity, but the majority of the reviews say it doesn't (I guess then it's only confined to certain boss battles). Too bad. I really enjoyed being able to pick up everything you see and chuck it at everything else in The Simpsons :P

Well, Dynasty Warriors is a repetitive beatemup as well, yet its praises have been sung all over the place because of the story, the strategy and the sheer technical magnificence of seeing well over 20 characters all fighting on the screen at once. I think repetitiveness is a valid complaint if there's nothing else to think about but punch punch kick.

Plus, the original TMNT game was eye + ear candy galore so we didn't really mind the repetitiveness just to see what everyone would look like in such a high resolution (face it, hearing the machine actually reproduce the main theme in its attract mode was pretty damn cool back then). However this new one is just stylized and similar to a lot of other titles out there so it's not that easy to forgive.

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